RUSH: "Cracker" is in the Oxford English dictionary, and the way it's defined is this: "A contemptuous name given in southern States of N. America to the poor whites; whence, familiarly, to the native whites of Georgia and Florida."

RUSH: Charles Murray -- an acquaintance of mine, a brilliant man -- is a sociologist at heart, an education expert extraordinaire. He has a book, a fairly new book called Coming Apart. In the book, Charles Murray argues that a large swath of America, poor and working class whites, is turning away from traditional values and losing ground.

RUSH: When it comes to his own political enemies, one thing you can say about Christie: He does not hold back. He's not out there saying the Democrats in New Jersey mean well but they're just in over their heads.